MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020 1 PM Carol: Remembering her Fury Hurricane Carol was one of the worst tropical cyclones to ever affect Southern New England. Charles Orloff, Executive Director, BHO witnessed it and will describe its fury. Please send an email to dmccasland@bluehill.org to receive a link and password to this program. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20,… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME FAIR WEATHER DAY BUT WARMER WITH LESS WIND…. Today consisted of fair weather with skies being partly cloudy at most. Visibility rose to 85… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME AN ALMOST CLEAR DAY WITH GREAT VISIBILITY AND A NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT LOW…. Today we observed a few fair weather cumulus with skies being… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER BELOW NORMAL AND BREEZY DAY UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES… Yesterday’s rain totaled 0.22″. While a lightning bolt was observed to the west late… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNNY AND CALM START, TURNED WINDY AND MILD WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND… We started the day with plenty of sunshine and light winds.… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A BREEZY AND FAIR WEATHER DAY WITH A STRONG WESTERLY WIND IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS…. The summit of Great Blue Hill saw another fair… Read More »
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 1PM Wind Speed and direction recorders at Blue Hill Observatory Learn about historic and modern wind speed and wind direction sensors both that are working and that have been retired Please join our program from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Send an email to dmccasland@bluehill.org to get a link and password.… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory April 2020 Summary: April was unusually cold, wet and cloudy with near average snowfall. The 24-hour adjusted mean temperature for the month of 42.9 deg F was 1.8 degrees colder than the 120-year average for April and 3.4 degrees colder than the 1981-2010 30-year average. Cold daily high temperatures were persistent throughout… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING LEADS TO A PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON… Today began with some light snow in the morning hours following some rainfall… Read More »
As a follow up to Tim Kelley’s informative Blue Hill Online program last week, here are Tim’s favorite weather websites. https://bluehill.org/observatory https://www.weather.gov/ https://www.weather.gov/box/ https://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-area.php https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/fo/fous61.kwno..txt https://home.pivotalweather.com/ https://www.weathertap.com/ https://www.spc.noaa.gov/ https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao.shtml https://www.mountwashington.org/ https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc_archive.php https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ https://www.weather.gov/nerfc/ https://ocean.weather.gov/Atl_tab.php
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